BIOENGINEERED LUNG TUMOR ORGANOIDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE


Year of Award:
2016
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R33
Project Number:
CA202822
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-15-005
Technology Track:
Biospecimen Science Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
SOKER, SHAY
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
To develop a computer-based bioprinting approach for making engineered lung tissue organoids consisting of primary lung endothelial and fibroblast cells from needle biopsies embedded in a lung-specific extracellular matrix. The near-term intent for the pl